Tommy Robinson has been charged with harassment causing fear of violence against two men.
The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been charged over an incident that took place in August last year.
ReutersTommy Robinson arrives at Folkestone Police Station last year[/caption]
APTommy Robinson speaks during a rally in Parliament Square in 2019[/caption]
Stuart BrockA protest organised for Robinson to stop his isolation in prison[/caption]
It comes just hours after a judge agreed to release the 42-year-old from jail four months early after he was locked up for contempt of court.
The offences were allegedly committed between August 5 and 7 2024.
A CPS spokesperson said: “We have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 42, with harassment causing fear of violence against two men.
“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has the right to a fair trial.”
He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 5.
Separately, Robinson is facing a trial over an accusation that he failed to provide the PIN code for his phone when stopped by Kent Police in Folkestone last July.
It comes after he was imprisoned for 18 months in October because he breached an injunction which barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel.
Mr Justice Johnson said that there was an “absence of contrition or remorse” from Robinson, but that he had shown a “change in attitude” since he was sentenced.
It was reported that the former EDL leader would be released within the next week.
It came after he previously launched an unsuccessful appeal against the length of his sentence when he was “segregated” from other inmates at HMP Woodhill in Buckinghamshire following threats to his safety.
The High Court was told at the time that he was isolated because of concerns including worries that he “would be killed by a lifer”.
The court was previously told there were fears Robinson will be attacked for “kudos” – hence the decision to move him to a closed wing.
A lawyer for the Ministry of Justice said at least two inmates were plotting to attack Robinson and that he had a “mark on his head”.
The Ministry of Justice previously opposed the challenge to his segregation, and its lawyers said his isolation was “substantially more permissive” than standard segregation regimes.
Tom Cross, for the MoJ, said in written submissions that 120 people had been authorised to visit him.
He added that Robinson been allowed “over 80 visits”, another 13 “non-family visits” approved up to March 30, and the ability to request to see other prisoners.
The activist’s visits are two hours of social visits, four days a week, which he said were “well in excess” of prison requirements for unconvicted prisoners, which is at least one hour per visit, three days a week.
AFPRobinson’s Uniting the Kingdom march from Victoria to Parliament Square in central London on October 26, 2024[/caption]
ReutersRobinson gestures before arriving at Folkestone Police Station last year[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
